The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-11

been completed last week Tho Cincinnati di-
vision is reported to be in equally good condi-
ton, physically.
vania, the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey Gem
trail roads. A recent deal gives the Lehgh VAL
ley road long-sought terminals at tide-water,
and In return the Pennsylvania Company comes
into control OF large tract of land of $50 acres
and more of water front than it did have.
The future never looked brighter for the In
dianapolis stockyards than at the present time
More Eastern buyers are locating here. the
packing houses preparing to slaughter more
hogs than before and the railroads
making rates which place the indianapolis
yards on an equal footing in every respect with
the Chicago yards
The ticket scalpers were indignant yesterday
that the ticket agents at the outside Offices were
outgeneraling them in scaipine rates. some GO
ing so far as to tell parties how they could buy
round trip ticket. remain West and sell it to
some other persoa to return on. As the same
party must rc,ern on the ticket it would
money under such representations.
President McKeen, Of the vandalia, is fitting
up fine room in his new block at Terre Hauts
to be occupied the headquarters of the officers
of the Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen. The Firemen's Magazine will
be publiAhed In the room adjoining. 1t Is said
no railroad organization will have Landowner
and more convenient headquarters than will
this when the rooms are ready for occupancy.
which event will be properly celebrated.
The annual report of the l., b. & W., pub
lished in the Journal of yesterday. shows net
earnings OF $40, 599. It should have been men
toned in this connection that the receiver paid
no interest on the first.morrgage bonds; had he,
the net earnings entire would have been wiped
out This statement is made lest some OF the
State boards Of equalization should take advant-
age of the fact that net earnings were shown.
The Vandaia and the ]. & ST. L. are boy cott-
ing the A, T. g. s. F. because it continues to
pay commissions Meantime the l., B. e. w.
and the l., D. & S. carrying large per cent
of the passengers. they working their business
with either the boycotted or the roads which are
exempt from the boycott: but the belief prevails
that the A., 7. & S. F. will within a few days
fall into line as a non commission paying road.
The Chicago & Ohio River road, formerly the
D.. o. g. o. r. road, shows good earnings for Sep
tembe-. the State fair at Olney, H., helping the
road out. The drought, however, told seriously
on that road, and it will have struggle To
make both ends meet this year. the track is
now in better shape than at any time in the his
tory of the road. and the equipments, which be.
long largely to the l., B. q W. road, are in good
condition. Every year. however. makes it
more apparent that the road will never be worth
much until President Corbin and the friends Of
the property extend it to the river.
The Bee-line officials are fully convinced that
hey must have increased depot facilities at In
dianapolis their two city freight depots not being
large enough to do their business in, and it is
now problem with the management how to
large with only the ground the company now
tbs business which should be done at the city
freight depots has to now be done at the Bright
wood depot, and this causes complaint on the
part OF Indianapolis merchants. who can not get
their goods until they are sorted out at Bright
wood and then sent down to the city freight
depot
That there need be no delay on the fast mail
and through express train, Superintendent
Turner, OF the c., St L. & P, has issued
order that no express matter. except through
packages. shall be carried on this train. By the
bye there is q movement on foot to extend the
service of this fast train. which now runs from
New York to Kansas City in forty hours, and it
is proposed to extend to Denver landing mail in
that city in fifty-fve hours out from New York
Only mail cars and three express are hauled
on this train, and although it has now run some
and the average speed at which the train runs
Is forty-three miles per hour. and this side OF
Pittsbure. owing to delays at that point. much
OF the distance to Indianapolis Is daily covered
at speed OF one mile per minute.
One who is fully posted to the affairs of
the Vandalia and what occurred the road
during the brief period that the Ives-Staynor
syndicate controlled the property, says that
Charles Nelson. who was made general super
intendent during the time which the c., FL. g. d.
practically operated the road. has been misrep-
resented by the press in regard to his manage
ment. When he was appointed superintendent
he was approached. it is stated, by COL Hill,
who was made assistant general manager, with
proposition that the expenses OF oper rating the
road which had been necessarily large for some
months previous, should be cut down. Mr.
Nelson said he would look the road over and
Superintendent Nelson being a railroad official
who believes in paying good salaries, expressed
the opinion that it would be unwse to reduce
saleries, thought it would be more advisable to
reduce the number of men, selecting such men for
dismissal as were single had no families de-
pendent upon them. The heads of the different
departments were requested to look about and
where a could be spared without the
road suffering in its business. To his surprise,
the salaries of the men were reduced in the
sho ps and some of the other departments. with
decreaaiQQ
while in other departments Superintendent
Nelson's instructions were carried out. On
Colonel Hills again taking the superintendency
of the road, he reinstated most of the discharged
men, the business of the road meantime having
so increased to make their service necessary.
This explanation is made in justice to Mr.. Neil
son, who feels that he has been placed in false
light he feeling that in all branches of the rail-
road service men are none too well paid.